Journal of My Forty Fifth Ascension Being the First Performed in America On Th
Journal of My Forty Fifth Ascension Being the First Performed in America On Th
Jean Pierre Blanchard
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19-20-21 m . Bearing constantly towards the S. S. E. My ascent became more rapid, owing solely to the dilatation of the inflammable gas which filled the balloon. At this moment my position was perpendicular over the middle of the Delaware, which the reflecting sunbeams painted to my eyes of a transparent white; and at the height I was then at, this river appeared to me like a ribband of the breadth of about four inches. At 10 h . 35 m . Being now in a much more rarified fluid, and the force of ...the inflammable gas having increased in proportion to its dilatation, the aerostat was soon raised to the highest elevation which it is susceptible of. I had lost nothing of my ballast con sisting of four bags and an half filled with sand, containing 24 Ib. 274 BEING THE FIRST PERFORMED IN AMERICA 15 English weight each, together 108 Ib. A little black dog, which a friend had entrusted to me, seemed to feel sick at this height; he attempted several times to get out of the car; but finding no land ing-place he took the prudent part to remain quietly beside me: the whining of this little animal raised nevertheless reflections in my mind, which would have affected me very much, had not the view of the country, whose vast extent was expanded before my eyes, opened my mind to softer and more agreeable contemplations.
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